ok, so some of you may remember the malvern star I restored for my missus. Now I have another project on my hands but this time its for me (althuogh admittedly the frame is small for me)

all I really know is its a peerless bike. Can anyone ID what frame it is and what years it came out? all original I believe. still has the pleather feeling chain guard. the lock in the rear. front rear lights with generator etc. has a back pedal brake hub.

only pics of it now. From what Ive seen the paint comes up nice as well as the chrome. If all goes well I might keep the paint as is and probably just try to find a new sticker set or something.

only pics i have at the moment

as a bonus this was the sellers fully restored malvern star super star O_O

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It's a Dutch (or maybe German) bike from, well, any time from the 1950's to the 1980's really.Gut feel says 50's/60's but others may know better. somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range I would keep the paint and decals cos IMHO you have somewhere between bucklys and none of getting replacement decals.CheersRichard

Hmm, Roger may well be right http://peerless.en.alibaba.com/Look at the brand of the rear light on the mudguard and the make of the rear (backpedal brake?) rear hub. That will give a idea of which continent it started life in.

Peerless was also a Sydney brand, as far as I know they made wheel toys, similiar to Cyclops, and some bicycles. I have a very high class Peerless racing frame from the 1930's , but have not been able to find out very much about the company.I think the Sydney peerless was out of business by the time the subject bike came along.Warren

bicyclepassion wrote:Peerless was also a Sydney brand, as far as I know they made wheel toys, similiar to Cyclops, and some bicycles. I have a very high class Peerless racing frame from the 1930's , but have not been able to find out very much about the company.I think the Sydney peerless was out of business by the time the subject bike came along.Warren

Must have been a popular name! There was an American Peerless brand, Peerless of Birmingham UK and I am sure there were old Peerless roadsters about when I worked in the Netherlands but I suppose they could well have been export models from the UK.CheersRichard

This looks very similar to an Ascot Sport I have, which is now a garden ornament. It bears a "Made in Holland" sticker and looks like the typical Dutch commuter bike - it has the same rack, bike lock and mattress saddle. The Ascot has a 3 speed Sturmey Archer hub plus front and rear dual pivot brakes and alloy levers (which look like they may have been made by Weinmann).

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